The day with dianne Louise

Then God said, "let us make man in Our own image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth." So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. Genesis 1:26,27   In my 20s I had a revelation of what being made in His image could mean to me in particular. I had awoken to the creative and desired to work in it, having spent all my life to that point working in the cognitive. When I read this scripture faith entered my heart along with a desire to be creative. I realised I could do anything I put my mind to do as the God who created all things had made me like Him.   As I grow older I appreciate this division more and more. I have a cognitive side that does all the working of what the creative side discovers. I learned to paint and it allows me to go to the creative and discover new creations. ...

Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath. They were astonished at His teaching because His message had authority. Luke 4:31 I remember being asked, after preaching a message at church, 'where did you get that from? that was really good!' I replied, 'I waited on God and spoke what He gave me.' I had a period of time where I was able to preach regularly and enjoyed delivering what the Holy Spirit gave me. My footnotes in my bible said that probably the reason the crowd saw an authority in what Jesus spoke was because He spoke what the Holy Spirit gave him. Real authority comes from God; we can mock our own authority but it fails miserably, as did the Scribes and Pharisees. God's word breaks the yolk, sets captives free, it never fails.

Worship The Lord your God, and serve Him only. Luke 4:8 Satan had tempted Jesus with all the kingdoms of the world for he said: 'it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.' It is interesting that He tempted Jesus with Kingship because that was what He was but His Kingdom was not of this world. Satan knows what we are and we are also not of this world when me make Christ our Lord. He will do anything to have us worship the creation rather than the creator. All that is of the world demands our attention, constantly bombarding is with images to tempt. The message is: 'without XYZ you are not complete or your are unhappy. Our joy comes from knowing Christ and walking in His ways. We are 'in' the world but not 'of' the world. We do not belong to the dictates of this world. Tomorrow meet with your church family and give your Lord time, listen to Him not the TV. Remember who you are and where you belong. Amen!

The Spirit of The Lord is on me, Because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour. Luke 4:18,19 Do you see the good news? Freedom from captivity, recovery of sight, freedom from oppression, and a year or time of favour. This is what Christ came to do! Do you find yourself in captivity to a habit, an attitude, an illness? Or are you truly in a restraint such as a prison of bricks and mortar? Whatever your restraint is Christ came to set you free. We are limited by what exists between our two ears, i.e. our mindset. Perhaps that is why Paul tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23 The process is made easier as we praise our way out of our hell: 'thank you Lord, You came, I am set me free!' Once we are out of prison we can see more clearly. As the enem...

The angel of The Lord came, and he sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belongs to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the wine vat in order to hide it from the Midianites. Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said: 'The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.'Judges 5:11,12 Tonight I went to see the new 'Hobbit' movie as I had read Tolkien's books years ago and enjoyed 'The Hobbit'. The story starts our with Gandalf the Grey visiting Bilbo Baggins and choosing him for a quest. Bilbo refuses as his culture was one of non-adventure. However, Gandalf knew otherwise and the adventure begins. Gandalf knew that the team he was placing Bilbo into needed such a man as Bilbo, a man who could not use a sword and was unused to any rough living as most soldiers were. Yet Bilbo had character and when it really counted he was there for his friends. What adventure has The Lord chosen for you? Are you a reluctant hero? Are there ski...

Now the people were waiting expectantly, all of them debating in their minds whether John might be the Messiah. John answered them all, "I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untied the straps of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Luke 3:15,16 John was the voice who awakened the people, prepared them for Jesus. We are the voice! Jesus is the Saviour and healer. John had water Jesus had fire. Yet John was effective in waking up the dead. What do you have? What has God given you to do? Who has God sent you to? Use what you have!

You are my beloved Son. I take my delight in You! Luke 3:22b When Jesus came up out of the waters of baptism He heard the above words. When we say 'yes' to Jesus He says the same to us because He sees us through His Son. If He took delight in Jesus what did that look like? He certainly was not spoilt. He was born in a manger with smelly animals, he was chased by a mad King who was jealous when he was just a babe, he grew up in a carpenters house as an illegitimate child. So what may we expect? To walk the walk and talk the talk in obedience to the calling each if us have in Christ. The Father protected Jesus and the only time He suffered harm was when He chose to fulfil His destiny as saviour of the world. The Father raised Him from the dead an seated him at his right hand in the heavenlies. I can trust the Father to take care if all I give Him, to protect me from evil and provide for my needs.